MICROTUS OCHROGASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Microtus ochrogaster mean? 

• MICROTUS OCHROGASTER (noun)
  The noun MICROTUS OCHROGASTER has 1 sense:

1. typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada

  Familiarity information: MICROTUS OCHROGASTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROTUS OCHROGASTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Microtus ochrogaster; prairie vole

Hypernyms ("Microtus ochrogaster" is a kind of...):

field mouse; vole (any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows)

Holonyms ("Microtus ochrogaster" is a member of...):

genus Microtus; Microtus (voles of the northern hemisphere)